The Mosquito Coast

Movie

1986

1h 59m

English

Drama, Adventure

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Allie Fox, an American inventor exhausted by the perceived danger and degradation of modern society, decides to escape with his wife and children to Belize. In the jungle, he tries with mad determination to create a utopian community with disastrous results.

The Mosquito Coast

Movie

1986

1h 59m

English

Drama, Adventure

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Cast

Allie Fox

Mother Fox

Charlie Fox

Mr. Haddy

Emily Spellgood

Reverend Spellgood

Mr. Polski

Jerry Fox

Francis Lungley

April Fox

Clover Fox

Hardware Clerk

Ma Kennywick

Mr. Semper

Captain Smalls

Directed By: Peter Weir

Written By: Paul Schrader (Screenplay), Paul Theroux (Novel)

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Narate says...

4 years ago

>"Look around ya, how did America get this way? Land of promise, land of opportunity. Give us the wretched refuse of your teeming shores. Have a Coke. Watch TV. Go on welfare. Get free money. Turn to crime - crime pays in this country. Why do they put up with it? Why do they keep coming? Look around you Charlie, this place is a toilet." I expected a The Swiss Family Robinson style story, but got more of a mixture of that with Falling Down. At the beginning of the movie I felt like Harrison Ford was making sense but by the end I was over it. I guess that was the point of the movie, but man talk about a frustrating journey.

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miguelreina says...

4 years ago

Underestimated, with the perspective of time we can understand the ambivalence of a character with an obsessive idealism. "Tell him he's a dangerous man", his son is warned. As narrator, maturity gives him a better perspective: "When I wasn't afraid to love him, the world seemed endless". PW directs in favour of a non-perfect story (the character of Mother), but builds an extraordinary fable about modern society.

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Spiritualized Kaos says...

2 years ago

A crazy inventor drags his whole family behind him.

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gahudnall-deleted-1490229630 says...

11 years ago

I don't know why Ford said this was his favorite movie to make - it was DEFINITELY not mine to watch. Very hard and very difficult to see a man treat his wife and children like that. Good lessons in how to be better.

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